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2022

B. Kelly, P. Webb, G. Davidson, J. Pinkerton and T. McShane (2022) Raising the profile of care leavers with mental health and/or intellectual disabilities: A contribution from Northern Ireland, Children and Youth Services Review, doi: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0190740922000706

Blair, C., Best, P., Burns, P., Campbell, A., Davidson, G., Duffy, J., Johnston, A., Kelly, B., Killick, C., MacDermott, D., Maddock, A., McCartan, C., McFadden, P., McGlade, A., Montgomery, L., Patton, S., Schubotz, D., Taylor, B., Templeton, F., Webb, P., White, C. & Yap, J. (2022) Getting involved in Research: A co-created, co-delivered and co-analysed course for those with lived experience of health and social care services, BMC, Research Involvement and Engagement.

Brown, M. (2022). Qualitative study on the factors and role of residential staff that influence and effect the support provided to adults with intellectual disabilities regarding the expression of their sexuality. Evidence-Based Nursinghttps://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2021-103487

Bunting, L., McCartan, C., Davidson, G., Schubotz, D., Grant, A., Mulholland, C., Murphy, J., McBride, O., Nolan, E., & Shevlin, M. (Accepted/In press). Prevalence and Risk Factors of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Young People: Findings from the Northern Ireland Youth Wellbeing Survey. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Bunting, L., McCartan, C., Davidson, G., Grant, A., Mulholland, C., Schubotz, D., McBride, O., Murphy, J., & Shevlin, M. (2022). Rationale and Methods the ‘Northern Ireland Youth Wellbeing Survey’ and Initial Findings from the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Byrne, B. (2022). How inclusive is the right to inclusive education? An assessment of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities’ concluding observations. International Journal of Inclusive Education26(3), 301-318 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2019.1651411

Farrell, A-M., Davidson, G., Donnelly, M., Agnew, E., Forbes, T., & Frowde , R. (2022). Mental health policies and laws on the island of Ireland. (pp. 1-42). (Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper Series). The University of Edinburgh.

Hassan, J., Shannon, S., Tully, M., McCartan, C., Davidson, G., & Breslin, G. (2022). Systematic review of physical activity interventions assessing physical and mental health outcomes on patients with severe mental illness (SMI) within secure forensic settings. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Johnston, A., Davidson, G., Webb, P., McCartan, N., McAllister, K., Broughton, R., Sutherland, D., & Kennedy, C. (Accepted/In press). Physical Design of Supported Accommodation for People With Mental Health Problems and Intellectual Disabilities. A Scoping Review. Architecture Media Politics Society Proceedings Series.

Kerr, C., Novak, I., Shields, N., Ames, A., & Imms, C. (2022). Do supports and barriers to routine clinical assessment for children with cerebral palsy change over time? A mixed methods study. Disability and Rehabilitationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2046874

Manikandan, M., Casey, C., Doyle, A., Kerr, C., Walsh, A., & M Ryan, J. (2022). Use of health services and unmet needs among adults with cerebral palsy in Ireland. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurologyhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15233

Leonard, R., Linden, M., & Grant, A. (2022). Personal and professional influences on health visitors’ family focused practice for maternal mental illness: a cross sectional study. BMC Health Services Research22, [113]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07499-0

Linehan, C., Birkbeck, G., Araten-Bergman, T., Baumbusch, J., Beadle-Brown, J., Bigby, C., Bradley, V., Brown, M., Bredewold, F., Chirwa, M., Cui, J., Godoy Gimenez, M., Gomeiro, T., Kanova, Š., Kroll, T., Li, H., MacLachlan, M., Narayan, J., Nearchou, F., ... Tossebro, J. (2022). COVID-19 IDD: Findings from a global survey exploring family members' and paid staff's perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their caregivers. Health Research Board Open Research5, [27]. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13497.1

McCartan, C., Davidson, G., Donaghy, M., Grant, A., Bunting, L., Devaney, J., & Duffy, J. (2022). Are we starting to ‘think family’? Evidence from a case file audit of parents and children supported by mental health, addictions and children's services. Child Abuse Review31(3), [e2738]. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2738

McCrory, A., Best, P., & Maddock, A. (2022). ‘It’s just one big vicious circle’: young people’s experiences of highly visual social media and their mental health. Health Education Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyac010

McDaid, D., Park, A-L., Davidson, G., John, A., Knifton, L., McDaid, S., Morton, A., Thorpe, L., & Wilson, N. (2022). The economic case for investing in the prevention of mental health conditions in the UK. Mental Health Foundation.

Neill, R. D., Lloyd, K., Best, P., Williamson, J., Allen, J., & Tully, M. A. (2022). Development and modelling of a school-based mental health intervention: the co-production of the R.E.A.C.T. programme. Current Psychologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03195-8

Vicary, S., McCusker, P., Davidson, G., & Stone, K. (2022). Conducting research online using surveys: an exploratory survey of mental health social work in Europe. Sage Research Methods Cases, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529603705

 

 

 

2021 

Abdulkerim, S., Albari, M., MacKenzie, A., & Thurston, A. (2021). Report on a survey of mobility disability among Syrian refugees living in Turkey. International Journal of Educational Research Open2(2), [100059].  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2021.100059

Antova, I., (2020). Disability Rights During COVID-19: Emergency Law and Guidelines in England. Medical Law Review. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwaa026

Antova, I., (2020). Disabled people's rights during the COVID-19 crisis. Queens Policy Engagement. Available at
 
Bateson, C., Allen, A., Cunningham, T., Davidson, G., McFeely, E., McGarry, P., & O'Connor, R. (2021). Review of mental health crisis services in Northern Ireland.
 
Best, P., Meireles, M., Schroeder, F., Montgomery, L., Maddock, A., Davidson, G., Galway, K., Trainor, D., Campbell, A., & Van Daele, T. (2021). Freely Available Virtual Reality Experiences as Tools to Support Mental Health Therapy: A Systematic Scoping Review and Consensus Based Interdisciplinary Analysis. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-021-00214-6
 
Brown, M., Marsh, L., & Mccann, E. (2021). Experiences of fathers regarding the diagnosis of their child with autism spectrum disorder: A narrative review of the international research. Journal of Clinical Nursinghttps://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15781
 
Brown, M., Macarthur, J., Higgins, A., Truesdale, M., & Chouliara, Z. (2021). Transition from child to adult health services for people with learning disabilities: Learning from nurses and families: Transition from child to adult health services.
 
Byrne, B., Elder, B. and Schwartz, M., 2021. Enhancing Deaf People’s Access to Justice in Northern Ireland: Implementing Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 23(1), pp.74–84. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.744
 
Burke, C., and Byrne, B. (eds.) (2021) Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces for Disabled Researchers. London: Routledge. Social Research and Disability: Developing Inclusive Research Spaces f (routledge.com) 

Ciccia, R., French, D., F. Kee and M. O’Doherty (2021, forthcoming) Deservingness, conditionality and public perceptions of work disability: the influence of economic inequalityWork, Employment and Societyearly access at https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020967229

Cummins, D., Kerr, C., McConnell, K., & Perra, O. (2021). Risk factors for intellectual disability in children with spastic cerebral palsy. Archives of Disease in Childhoodhttps://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-320441

Daghustani, W., & MacKenzie, A. (2021). Saudi and Bahraini Mothers’ Experiences of Including their Autistic Adolescent Sons in Education: A Capabilities Approach. Social Inclusion9(4), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i4.4556

Devaney, J., Davidson, G., Grant, A., & Lagdon, S. (2021). Supporting parents with mental illness and their children – developments in family focused practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Advances in Mental Health18(3), 197-201.

Duffy, M., Walsh, C., Mulholland, C., Davidson, G., Best, P., Bunting, L., Herron, S., Quinn, P., Gillanders, C., Sheehan, C., & Devaney, J. (2021). Screening children with a history of maltreatment for PTSD in front line social care organisations: An explorative study. Child Abuse Review30(6), 594-611. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2735

French, D., & Cruise, S. (2021). Work disability and the Northern Irish Troubles. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statisticshttps://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12435

Furlong, M., McGilloway, S., Mulligan, C., Killion, M. G., McGarr, S., Grant, A., Davidson, G., & Donaghy, M. (2021). Covid-19 and Families With Parental Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity. Frontiers in psychiatry12, [567447]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.567447

García Jalón, E. G., Maguire, A., Perra, O., Gavin, A., O’Reilly, D., & Thurston, A. (2021). Data linkage and pain medication in people with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology63(9), 1085-1092. https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14854

Grant, M., & McNeilly, P. (2021). Children and young people's experiences of having a sibling with complex health needs: a literature review. Nursing Children and Young People33(4). https://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2021.e1326

John, A., Lee, S. C., Solomon, S., Crepaz-Keay, D., McDaid, S., Morton, A., Davidson, G., Van Bortel, T., & Kousoulis, A. A. (2021). Loneliness, coping, suicidal thoughts and self-harm during the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeat cross-sectional UK population survey. BMJ Open11(12), [e048123]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048123

Jones, M., & McVicar, D. (2021). The Dynamics of Disability and Benefit Receipt in Britain. Oxford Economic Papershttps://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpab058

Keenan, C., Thurston, A., Storey, C., & Urbanska, K. (2021). PROTOCOL: Video-based interventions for promoting positive social behaviour in children with autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews17(2), [e1171]. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1171

Kent, L., Cleland, I., Saunders, C., Ennis, A., Finney, L., & Kerr, C. (2021). A Systematic Multidisciplinary Process for User Engagement and Sensor Evaluation: Development of a Digital Toolkit for Assessment of Movement in Children With Cerebral Palsy. Frontiers in Digital Health3, [692112]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2021.692112

Lagdon, S., Grant, A., Davidson, G., Devaney, J., Donaghy, M., Duffy, J., Galway, K., & McCartan, C. (2021). Families with Parental Mental Health Problems: A Systematic Narrative Review of Family Focused Practice. Child Abuse Reviewhttps://doi.org/10.1002/car.2706

Linden, M. A., O'Rourke, C., Monaghan, C., & Rainey, D. (2021). Experiences of offenders with traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment22(1), 108 - 123. Brain.pdf (qub.ac.uk)

Manikandan, M., Kerr, C., Lavelle, G., Walsh, M., Walsh, A., & Ryan, J. M. (2021). Health service use among adults with cerebral palsy: a mixed-methods systematic review. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurologyhttps://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.15097

McCartan, C., Adell, T., Cameron, J., Davidson, G., Knifton, L., McDaid, S., & Mulholland, C. (2021). A scoping review of international policy responses to mental health recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Research Policy and Systemshttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-020-00652-3

McConnell, K., Livingstone, E., Perra, O., & Kerr, C. (2021). Population-based study on the prevalence and clinical profile of adults with cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland. BMJ Open11(1), [e044614]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044614

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G., & Kelly, B.(2021) Rights based, participatory interviews with disabled children and young people: practical and methodological considerations. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursinghttps://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2021.1874078

Montgomery, L., Davidson, G., Kelly, B.,McKendry, L., Newton, L.A., Webb, P. & Wood, L. (2021) Getting Our Voices Heard in Adult Safeguarding, Journal of Adult Protection, 23 (6), 384-396. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-07-2021-0023

Mpako, W., van Breda, A. & Kelly, B. (2021) Transitioning to adulthood from residential childcare during COVID-19: Experiences of young people with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder in South Africa. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. DOI:  http://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12409

Ramsey, C., Galway, K., & Davidson, G. (2021). Implementing changes after patient suicides in mental health services: A systematic review. Health and Social Care in the Communityhttps://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13332

Schroeder, F., & Lucas, A. (2021). Distributed Participatory Design: The challenges of designing with disabled musicians during a global pandemic. Special Issue on 'Socially Engaged Sound Practices'. Organised Sound26(2).

Schroeder, F., Lucas, A., & Ortiz, M. (In press). NIME 2020 Special Issue on Accessibility of Musical Expression: NIME 2020 Selected Papers. Computer Music Journal. 

Stone, K., McCusker, P., Davidson, G., & Vicary, S. (2021). An Exploratory Survey of Mental Health Social Work in Europe. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health18(19), [10462]. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910462

Van Bortel, T., John, A., Solomon, S., Lombardo, C., Crepaz-Keay, D., McDaid, S., Yap, J., Weeks, L., Martin, S., Guo, L., Seymour, C., Thorpe, L., Morton, A. D., Davidson, G., & Kousoulis, A. A. (2021). Mental health in the pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional mixed-method study protocol to investigate the mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. BMJ Open11(8), [e046422]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046422

 

 

2020 

Brown, M., Paterson, R., Taggart, L., & Hoyle, L. (2020). Characteristics of diabetes medicines taking in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability compared to those without: A mixed methods study. Medicines adherence and people with intellectual disabilities. Diabetic Medicine.  https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14365

Brown, M., & McCann, E. (2020). Homelessness and people with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review of the international research evidence: Homelessness and people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12815 

Brown, M., McCann, E., Marsh, L., Truesdale, M., & Linden, M. (2020). The Design, Content and Delivery of Relationship and Sexuality Education Programmes for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the International Evidence: RSE Programmes and people with intellectual disabilities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207568 

Bunting, L., McCartan, C., Davidson, G., Grant, A., McBride, O., Mulholland, C., Murphy, J., Schubotz, D., Cameron, J., & Shevlin, M. (2020). The Mental Health of Children and Parents in Northern Ireland: Results of the Youth Wellbeing Prevalence Survey. Belfast: QUB. 

Davidson, G., & McCartan, C. (2020). Rapid evidence review of measures to prevent and mitigate the risk of COVID-19 in social care. Belfast: QUB & Department of Health. 

Davidson, G., McCartan, C., & Best, P. (2020). A Review of the International Evidence of the Effectiveness of the Use of CCTV in Care Home Settings: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. Belfast: QUB & RQIA. Available at: https://www.rqia.org.uk/guidance/guidance-for-service-providers/a-review-of-the-effectiveness-of-the-use-of-cctv-i/ 

Gray, A. M., Carney, G., Devine, P., & Byrne, B. (2020, Nov 24). Protect the NHS’ at the cost of care homes? A look behind the death rates in care homes during the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic. Available at: ARK.https://www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/default/files/2020-11/feature18.pdf 

Kelly, B., & Irvine, R. A. S. (2020). Just Us: An evaluation of the Just Us counselling programme for victims of sexual violence who have a learning disability. Belfast: QUB. 

Kelly, B., van Breda, A., Bekoe, J., Bukuluki, P., Chereni, A., Frimpong-Manso, K., Luwangula, R., Pinkerton, J., Ringson, J. & Santin, O. (2020) Building Positive Futures: A cross-country pilot study on youth transitions from alternative care in Africa. Belfast: QUB. Available at: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/building-positive-futures-a-cross-country-pilot-study-on-youth-tr 

Ku, C., McKinlay, A., Grace, R.C., McLellan, T. & Linden, M. (2020). An international exploration of the effect of media portrayals of post-concussion management on concussion identification in the general public. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 35(3):218-225. doi: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000547.  

Laatsch, L., Dodd, J., Brown, T., Ciccia, A., Conner, F., Davis, K., Doherty, M., Linden, M. et al. (2020) Evidence-based systematic review of cognitive rehabilitation, emotional, and family treatment studies for children with acquired brain injury literature: From 2006 to 2017. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 2020 Jan;30(1):130-161.doi: 10.1080/09602011.2019.1678490.  

Linden, M.A., O’Rourke, C., & Lohan, M. (2020). Traumatic brain injury and social competence among young male offenders. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42(17); 2422-2429 doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2019.1629699 

Linden, M.A. & McKinlay, A. (2020). Childhood acquired brain injury affects adult outcomes. Disability and Rehabilitation, 42(17): 2381-2382.  10.1080/09638288.2019.1660916 

Lucas, A., Schroeder, F., & Ortiz, M. (2020). Enabling Communities of Practice Surrounding the Design and Use of Bespoke Accessible Music Technology. Computer Music Journal35 

MacKenzie, A., Bower, C., & Owaineh, M. (2020). Barriers to effective, equitable and quality education: a rights based, participatory research assessment of inclusion of children with disabilities in Palestine. International Journal of Children's Rights, 28(4), 805-32.https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-28040005 

MacKenzie, A., Suissa, J., & Roberts, M. (2020). 'From the margins’: Exploring the marginalisation, exclusion and oppression of overlooked groups in philosophy of education. International Journal of Educational Research, 99, [101504]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.101504 

MacKenzie, A., Bower, C., & Owaineh, M. (2020). Gratitude versus children’s rights: an exploration Mothers’ attitudes towards disability and inclusive education in Palestine. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 01(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2020.100001 

Maine, A., Brown, M., & Truesdale, M. (2020). Diabetes and people with learning disabilities issues for policy, practice, and education. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 25(1), 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-05-2019-0020 

Maine, A., Brown, M., Ski, C., Thompson , D. R., Marsh, L., & O'Leary, L. (2020). Recruitment settings, delivery contexts, intervention techniques and outcomes of health promotion programmes for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 99, [103592]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103592 

Marsh, L., Brown, M., & Mccann, E. (2020). The Views and Experiences of Fathers of Children with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review of the International Evidence. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12328 

Marsh, L., Brown, M., & McCann, E. (2020). The views and experiences of fathers regarding their young child’s intellectual and developmental disability diagnosis: Findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15368 

McCartan, C., Adell, T., Cameron, J., Davidson, G., Knifton, L., McDaid, S., & Mulholland, C. (2020). Transforming mental health care: a rapid review of emerging international evidence. Belfast: Mental Health Foundation 

McCartan, C., Adell, T., Cameron, J., Davidson, G., Knifton, L., McDaid, S., & Mulholland, C. (2020). International Policy Guidance and Responses to COVID-19 Mental Health Recovery. Belfast:  Mental Health Foundation.  

McCartan, C., & Davidson, G. (2020). Personality Disorder Services: Rapid Review. Belfast: QUB. 

McCrory, A., Best, P., & Maddock, A. (2020). The relationship between highly visual social media and young people’s mental health: A scoping review. Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105053 

McDaid, S., Adell, T., Cameron, J., Davidson, G., Knifton, L., McCartan, C., & Mulholland, C. (2020). International learnings on mental health plans, policies and implementation: Findings from an informal data collection exercise. Belfast: Mental Health Foundation. 

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. & Kelly, B. (2020) Ethical considerations when conducting research with children and young people with disabilities in health and social care. Nurse Researcherdoi: 10.7748/nr.2020.e1645. 

Montgomery, L., Davidson, G., Kelly, B., McKendry, L., Newton, L., Webb, P., Wood, L., (2020) Identifying the Best Approaches for People with a Learning Disability to Influence Adult Safeguarding and Associated Policy and Legislation. Belfast: QUB, Association for Real Change, NI, Compass Advocacy Network, and Praxis Care. Available at: https://arcuk.org.uk/northernireland/all-project-list/getting-our-voices-heard/ 

O’Rourke, C., Linden, M., & Bedell, G. (2020). Scoping review of interventions to promote social participation in adolescents and young adults with neurodisabilityThe Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8(1), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1647 

Pope, J., Truesdale, M., & Brown, M. (2020). Risk factors for falls among adults with intellectual disabilities: A narrative review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities.https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12805 

Ronan, S., Brown, M., & Marsh, L. (2020). Parents' experiences of transition from hospital to home of a child with complex health needs: A systematic literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15396 

Schroeder, F. & Lucas, A. (2020) Distributed Participatory Design: The challenges of designing with disabled musicians during a global pandemic. Organised Sound, 26(2). 

Schroeder, F., Samuels, K., & Caines, R. (2020). Music improvisation and Social Inclusion. Contemporary Music Review, 38(5), 441-549. 

https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2019.1684057 

Webb, P., Davidson, G., Edge, R., Falls, D., Keenan, F., Kelly, B., McLaughlin, A., Montgomery, L., Mulvenna, C., Norris, B., Owens, A. & Shea Irvine, R. (2020) Service users' experiences and views of support for decision making, Health and Social Care in the Community. 8, 1282-1291. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12961  

Webb, P., Davidson, G., Edge, R., Falls, D., Keenan, F., Kelly, B., McLaughlin, A., Montgomery, L., Mulvenna, C., Norris, B., Owens, A., & Irvine, R. S. (2020). Key components of supporting and assessing decision making ability. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101613 

2019

Byrne, B. and Tobin, J. (Forthcoming 2019), Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Children with Disabilities, in P. Alston and J. Tobin (eds) A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Oxford University Press.

Byrne, B. (Forthcoming 2019) Policies that have shaped inclusive education globally, Oxford Encyclopaedia on Inclusive Education, Oxford University Press.

Leonard, L., Linden, M., & Grant, A. (2019). This is what postnatal depression really feels like. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/this-is-what-postnatal-depression-really-feels-like-112350.

McGibbon, M., Spratt, T., & Davidson, G. (Accepted/In press). Young Carers in Northern Ireland: perceptions of and responses to illness and disability within the family. British Journal of Social Work.

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B (in press, Nurse Researcher) Conducting research with disabled children and young people in health and social care: ethical considerations.

Montgomery, L., Wilson, G., Houston, S., Davidson, G. & Harper, C. (2019) An evaluation of mental health service provision in Northern Ireland. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27 (10), 5-114.

2018

Anand, J., Davidson, G., Kelly, B. & Macdonald, G. (2018) ‘Personalisation of care: A wicked problem or a wicked solution?’ In Thomas, W., Hujala, A., Laulainen, S.  McMurray, R. (Eds) The Management of Wicked Problems in Health and Social Care. (pp 34-49) Oxon & New York: Routledge.

Byrne, B (2018), 'Dis-Equality: Exploring the Juxtaposition of Disability and Equality' Social Inclusion, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 9-17. 

Campbell, J., Brophy, L., Davidson, G., & O'Brien, A-M. (2018). Legal capacity and the mental health social worker role: An international comparison. Journal Of Social Work Practice, 32(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2018.1439458

Davidson, G., Edge, R., Falls, D., Keenan, F., Kelly, B., McLaughlin, A., Montgomery, L., Mulvenna, C., Norris, B., Owens, A., Shea Irvine, R. and Webb, P. (2018) Supported decision making - experiences, approaches and preferences. Belfast: Praxis Care, Mencap and Queen’s University Belfast.

Grant, A., Lagdon, S., Devaney, J., Davidson, G., Duffy, J., Galway, K., & Leavey, G. (2018). A Study of Health and Social Care Professionals’ Family Focused Practice with Parents who have Mental Illness, their Children and Families in Northern Ireland.

Jones, MK. and McVicar, D. (2018). ‘The Dynamics of Disability and Benefit Receipt in Britain.’ IZA Discussion Papers 11186, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

Kim, EJ, Byrne, B & Parish, SL (2018), 'Deaf people and economic well-being: findings from the Life Opportunities Survey' Disability and Society, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 374-391

Kelly, B., Friel, S., McShane, T., Pinkerton, J. & Gilligan, E. (2018) “I haven't read it, I've lived it!” The benefits and challenges of peer research with young people leaving care, Qualitative Social Work (19 September 2018 – early online access: https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325018800370)

Kelly, B., Dowling, S. & Winter, K. (2018) ‘Disabled Children in Out-of-Home Care: Issues and Challenges for Practice’ In Curran, T. & Runswick-Cole, K. (Eds) The Handbook of Disabled Children's Childhood Studies. (pp 557-575) London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Leonard, R.A., Linden, M.A. & Grant, A. (2018). Psychometric evaluation of the Family Focused Mental Health Practice Questionnaire in measuring home visitors’ family focused practice. PLoS ONE. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0203901.

Leonard, L., Linden, M., & Grant, A. (2018). Family Focused Practice for mental illness and substance misuse in home visiting: A qualitative systematic review, Journal of Family Nursing, 24 (2) 128-155. Doi/10.1177/1074840718770612.

MacKenzie, A. (2018) Prejudicial Stereotypes and Testimonial Injustice: Autism, Sexuality and Sex Education. International Journal of Educational Research. 89(1), pp.110-118.

McConnell, T., Best, P., Sturm, T., Stevenson, M., Donnelly, M., Taylor, B. & McCorry, N., (2018) A translational case study of empowerment into practice: a realist evaluation of a member-led dementia empowerment service, Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218814393

McConnell, T., Best, P., Davidson, G., Mceneaney, T., Cantrell, C. & Tully, M. (2018) Coproduction for feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trials: learning outcomes for community partners, service users and the research team, BMC Research Involvement and Engagement, 4 (1) 32.

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B. (in press, accepted 2018, Nurse Researcher) Conducting research with disabled children and young people in health and social care: ethical considerations.

Montgomery, L., Wilson, G., Houston, S., Davidson, G., & Harper, C. (2018). An Evaluation of Mental Health Service Provision in Northern Ireland. Health and Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12627

O’Rourke, C., Linden, M.A, & Lohan, M. (2018). Traumatic brain injury and abuse among female offenders compared to non-incarcerated controls, Brain Injury, 32 (13-14), 1787-1794. DOI 10.1080/02699052.2018.1539872.

O’Rourke, C., Linden, M.A., Templeton, M., & Cohen, M.H. (2018). Challenges of working with young offenders with TBI, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 33 (6):378-381. DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000392.

Rooney, C., Hadjri, K., McAllister, K., Rooney, M., Faith, V. & Craig, C. (2018) Experiencing visual impairment in a lifetime home: an interpretative phenomenological inquiry: An interpretative phenomenological inquiry, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment. 33 (1), 45-67.

Spratt, T., McGibbon, M., & Davidson, G. (2018). Using Adverse Childhood Experience scores to better understand the needs of young carers. British Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy001

Turney, D., Tarleton, B. & Tilbury, N. (2018) Strategic Briefing: Developing and Leading Systems to Support Parents with Learning Difficulties. Dartington: Research in Practice

Tarleton, B., Turney, D., Merchant, W. & Tilbury, N. (2018) Successful Professional Practice When Working With Parents With Learning Difficulties. University of Bristol.

Tilbury, N., Tarleton, B., Turney, D. & Merchant, W. (2018) Policy Briefing: Support for parents with learning disabilities/difficulties and their children. http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/sps/images/gettingthingschanged/policy-briefings/policy-briefing-support-for-parents-with-disabilities-difficulties-and-their-children.pdf

2017

Byrne, B. (2017) Reconciling Sameness and Difference in Disability Rights Ideology: The case of student identity, in G. Quinn and C. O’Mahony (Eds) The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Comparative, Regional and Thematic Perspectives, Clarus Press.

Campbell, J., & Davidson, G. (2017). Understanding Risk and Coercion in the Use of Community Based Mental Health Laws. In S. Stanford, N. Rovinelli Heller, E. Sharland, & J. Warner (Eds.), Beyond the Risk Paradigm in Mental Health Policy and Practice Palgrave Macmillan.

Donaghy, M., Davidson, G., & Crawford, S. (2017). Northern Ireland Champions Initiative. In M. Diggins (Ed.), Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Work (Vol. 2, pp. 85-89). Hove: Pavilion.

French, D. & McKillop, D. (2017) The Impact of debt and financial stress on health in Northern Irish householdsJournal Of European Social Policy, pp. 458–473. 

French, D. (2017) Financial strain in the United KingdomOxford Economic Papers. https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpx030

Kelly, B, Dixon, J & Incarnato, M (2017) ‘Peer Research with Young People Leaving Care: Reflections from Research in England, Northern Ireland and Argentina’ In Mendes, P. & Snow, P. (Eds) Young people Transitioning from care: International research, policy and practice. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 221-240.

Kelly, B. & Byrne, B. (Eds) (2017). Valuing disabled children and young people: research, policy and practice. Oxon & New York: Routledge.

Kelly, B., Friel, S., Smith, D., Pinkerton, J., McShane, T. & Gilligan, E. (2017) More than we expected! A guide to peer research with young people. Belfast: QUB.

McNeilly, P, Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B. (2017) The participation of parents of disabled children and young people in health and social care decisions. Child: Care, Health and Development, 43, Issue 6839–846.

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B. (2017) The participation of parents of disabled children and young people in health and social care decisions. Child: Care, Health and Development, 43, Issue 6839–846

Montgomery, L., Hanlon, D. & Armstrong, C. (2017) 10,000 Voices: Service users’ experiences of adult safeguarding. Journal of Adult Protection, 19 (5), 236-246.

Montgomery, L. & McKee, J. (2017) Adult safeguarding in Northern Ireland: Prevention, protection, partnership. Journal of Adult Protection, 19 (4), 199-208.

Mulgrew, J., Thurston, A., Kee, F., Lloyd, K. & O'Hare, L. (2017) Protocol: A feasibility study and a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial of the PAX ‘Good Behaviour Game’ in disadvantaged schools. International Journal of Educational Research. 86, 78-86.

O'Doherty, M.G., French, D., Steptoe, A. & Kee, F. (2017) Social capital, deprivation and self-rated health: Does reporting heterogeneity play a role? Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Social Science & Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.006

O’Rourke, C., Linden, M.A. & Lohan, M. (2017). Misconceptions about traumatic brain injury (TBI) among probation services. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40 (10), 1119-1126. DOI 10.1080/09638288.2017.1288274.

Prentice, C., McKillop, D. & French, D. (2017) How financial strain affects health: evidence from the Dutch National Bank Household SurveySocial Science & Medicine, 178, 127-135. 

Snow, P., Mendes, P., Kelly, B. & O’Donohue, D. (2017) ‘A comparison of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care in Australia and Northern Ireland’ In Mendes, P. & Snow, P. (Eds) Young people Transitioning from care: International research, policy and practice. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 71-90.

2016

Davidson, G., Campbell, J., Shannon, C., & Mulholland, C. (2016). Models of Mental Health. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Davidson, G., Brophy, L., & Campbell, J. (2016). Risk, Recovery and Capacity: Competing or Complementary Approaches to Mental Health Social Work. Australian Social Work, 69(2), 158-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2015.1126752

Davidson, G., Brophy, L., Campbell, J., Farrell, S. J., Gooding, P., & O'Brien, A-M. (2016). An international comparison of legal frameworks for supported and substitute decision-making in mental health services. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 44, 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.08.029

Duffy, J., Davidson, G., & Kavanagh, D. (2016). Applying the recovery approach to the interface between mental health and child protection services. Child Care in Practice, 22(1), 35-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575279.2015.1064358

Harper, C., Davidson, G., & McClelland, R. (2016). No Longer ‘Anomalous, Confusing and Unjust’: The Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. International Journal of Mental Health and Capacity Law , (22), 57-70.

Kelly, B & Byrne, B (eds) 2016, Valuing Disabled Children and Young People in Research, Policy and Practice. Routledge, London.

Kelly, B., Dowling, S. & Winter, K. (2016) Addressing the needs and experiences of disabled children and young people in out-of-home care: Case study report. Belfast: QUB & OFMDFM.

Kelly, G., Kelly, B. & MacDonald, G. (2016) Improving the Wellbeing of Disabled Young People. Belfast: Queen’s University Belfast.

Maguire, A., French, D. & O'Reilly, D. (2016) Residential segregation, dividing walls and mental health: A population-based record linkage studyJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 70, (9), 845–854. 

McAllister,K. & Sloan, S. (2016) Designed By the Pupils For the Pupils: the ASC Friendly School, British Journal of Special Education, 43 (4), 330-357.

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B. (2016) The participation of disabled children and young people: a social justice perspective.  In Kelly, B and Byrne, B  (Eds) Valuing disabled children and young people.  UK: Routledge.

McVicar, D., Wilkins, R. and Ziebarth, N. (2016). ‘Four decades of disability benefit policy changes and the rise and fall of disability recipiency rates in five OECD countries,’ in D. Besharov and D. Call (eds.) Labor Activation in a Time of High Unemployment Encouraging Work while Preserving the Social Safety-Net. Oxford University Press (forthcoming). 

Montgomery, L., Anand, J., McKay, K., Taylor, B., Pearson, K.C. & Harper, C. (2016) Implications of divergences in adult protection legislation. Journal of Adult Protection, 18 (3), 149-160.

O’Rourke, C., Linden, M.A., Lohan, M. & Bates-Gaston, J. (2016). Traumatic brain injury and co-occurring problems in prison populations: a systematic review. Brain Injury. 30(7): 839–854. DOI 10.3109/02699052.2016.1146967.

Woods, G., Shannon, C., Davidson, G., Hoy, K., Lewis, D., Tumelty, L., & Mulholland, C. (2016). Psychotropic prescribing patterns among adolescents in Northern Ireland presenting with psychotic symptoms during a 5-year period. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 33(1), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2015.12

2015

Broadway, B. and McVicar, D. (2015). ‘Reducing the Generosity and Increasing the Conditionality of Disability Benefits: Turning the Supertanker or Squeezing the Balloon?’ MIAESR Working Paper 11/15, Melbourne.

Byrne, B. and Kelly, B. (2015) Editorial: The Participation of Disabled Children and Young People, Child Care in Practice Special Issue, 21(3) pp.197-200.Guest Editors.

Byrne McCullough, E. and Devine, P. (2015) Dementia: look closer. Belfast: ARK http://www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update104.pdf

Devine, P and Lloyd, K (2015) Evaluating arts-based programmes for people with dementia, and their impact on wellbeing. Belfast: ARK. http://www.ark.ac.uk/ap/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/demeval1.pdf

Dillenburger, K, Jordan, J, McKerr, L, Devine, P and Keenan, M (2015) ‘Creating an inclusive society… How close are we in relation to Autism Spectrum Disorder? A general population survey’, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 28 (4), 330-340.

Faith, V., Hadjri, K., Rooney, C., Craig, C. & McAllister, K. (2015) Finding a way: designing long term care to support dementia, ICE Journal of Planning and Urban Design,168 (4), 204-217.

Hill, L., Baker, C., Kelly, B. and Dowling, S. (2015) Being counted? Examining the prevalence of looked-after disabled children and young people across the UK. Child and Family Social Work. DOI: doi:10.1111/cfs.12239

Kelly, B. and Byrne, B. (2015) Editorial: Valuing Disabled Children and Young People: Participation and Inclusion, Child Care in Practice Special Issue, 21(1), p.1-5, Guest Editors.

Kelly, B. & Dowling, S. (2015) Safeguarding Disabled Children and Young People: A Scoping Exercise of Statutory Child Protection Services for Disabled Children and Young People in Northern Ireland. Belfast: QUB.

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B. (2015) The participation of disabled children and young people: a social justice perspective. Childcare in Practice, 21(3), 266-286.

McNeilly, P., Macdonald, G. and Kelly, B. (2015) The participation of disabled children and young people: a social justice perspective. Childcare in Practice, 21(3), 266-286.

McLaughlin, D., McConnell, T. and McNeilly, P. (2015) The provision of additional care to respond to children with exceptional healthcare needs and their families: a service evaluation of a regional children's hospice service.  Report for Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice. 

McVicar, D. (2015). ‘Disability, welfare reform, and Northern Ireland’s inactivity problem.’ QPOL 14/05/2015

2014

Byrne, B. (2014) Getting In and Getting On? The Experiences of Young People with Visual Impairments and Hearing Impairments in Third-Level Education, International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 61(2), p.119-133.

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